Actually, I think hand-written letters are better than printed ones.
But I don't suppose I think hand-written law reviews are better than
printed ones.

Ginny

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Funny that we even need to consider whether academics will
accept
something new, since part of what we should be doing is accepting
new
ideas, etc.  I am sure that when the printing press was invented the
discussion would have been whether or not something that was not
hand
written is as "good" a something that is written by hand.  The issue
is not how it is produced, but what the content (quality, etc) is.
However, I agree that the perception will be that somehow electronic
journals are academically inferior to the "real" journals that are
printed.   Most of us can't get out of the "box" that we are in, so I
am glad that this discussion is taking place because we are
building a
bigger box. Another "real" question is, how does AACSB treat
online
journals? The above is strictly an opinion, I could be wrong.





At 05:49 PM 6/5/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Of course, the BIG question is will schools, especially t&p
>committees and merit pay chairs/deans, etc., treat on-line journals
>with the same consideration as paper journals?  Clearly, acceptance
>rates, review processes, etc will have to be available for review.
>But, is there a strong bias out there against electronic journals?
>
>Dan
>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 06/05/01 16:58 PM >>>
>Folks-
>
>The ALSB's on line International Business Law Journal (IBLJ) has been
>taking email submissions for over two years (more are welcome!).
>We've done the masking that Fran advises by having the editor  delete
>identifying information when sending the "MS" on to reviewers.
>
>Don Mayer
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Fran Zollers" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 4:52 PM
>Subject: Re: electronic journal submission
>
>
> > Dan raises a good point, but there would still have to be some
> > printing
>out
> > somewhere (or somehow masking identity) before mailing on to
> > reviewers. Otherwise it would be possible to identify the author
> > from the email
>address,
> > thus vitiating an important quality the ABLJ has going for
> > it--double
>blind
> > peer review.
> >
> > Fran Zollers
> >
> >
> > Daniel Warner wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Colleagues:
> > >
> > > Independent of the issue of the journals being on line, what
> > > about electronic submission for the ABLJ and the JLSE?  That is
> > > accomplished
>by
> > > attaching the file to an email, of course.  Electronic
> > > submission saves
>a
> > > lot of paper, postage, and time, at least at the submitter's
> > > end.
> > >
> > > Obviously at some juncture a reviewer needs to print the thing
> > > out. Overall, I would think the benefits outweigh the
> > > disadvantages. There i
>a
> > > web site you may be familiar with that lists all the journals
> > > that
>accept
> > > electronic submissions:
> > > http://www.nku.edu/~chase/libesubmission.html .
> > >
> > > Dan Warner
> > >
> > > Prof. Daniel M. Warner
> > > Dept. of Acct.  (Business Legal Studies)
> > > MS 9071, Western Washington University
> > > 516 High St.
> > > Bellingham, WA 98225
> > > voice: (360) 650-3390
> > > fax: (360) 650-4844
> > > [log in to unmask]